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Beat Saber cover art

Beat Saber

Beat Games · 2019-05-21

SteamPlayStation Store

Indie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Nov 20, 2018 (PlayStation VR), May 24, 2023 (PlayStation VR2), May 21, 2019 (SteamVR), May 01, 2018 (Windows Mixed Reality), May 01, 2018 (Oculus Rift), Oct 13, 2020 (Meta Quest 2)

Beat Saber is a VR rhythm game where you slash the beats of adrenaline-pumping music as they fly towards you, surrounded by a futuristic world.

487
playing now
96%
positive of 76k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
159
twitch viewers (latest)
85/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
85/100
IGDB user rating (191 ratings)
12h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 1h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

487 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 UTC (census sample)

History The development started in 2016 when we found out there is no great rhythm based game on VR. The game was showcased on many places and almost 700 people tried it so far. The response is overwhelming positive. Features Unique gameplay with a great feel - Beat Saber combines the satisfying feeling of cutting with emergent perception of rhythm. Handcrafted levels & music - All the basic levels and music in the game will be handcrafted to emphasise the music rhythm. The results are incomparable to similar games with generated content. Game longevity - The game can be played in short (few (Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

Beat Saber trailer thumbnail

Release Trailer | Beat Saber

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 487 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,310 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~164/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (4,532 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 18,161 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.9M–4.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 76,228 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $19.99 at Steam (2018-05-02)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 0 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.4k4.4k20182026Week of 2018-05-01: 3,099 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 891 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 574 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 452 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1,850 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 566 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 653 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 404 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 674 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 387 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 509 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,823 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,950 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 534 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4,448 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2,940 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2,391 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,303 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,392 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,409 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,278 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,079 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,144 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,225 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 888 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1,317 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 178 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,265 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,287 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,861 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,235 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,460 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,170 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,160 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 911 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 928 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 754 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 767 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 719 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 838 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 964 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,094 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 811 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 888 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 693 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 706 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 597 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 655 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 541 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 400 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 392 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 560 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 465 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 614 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 420 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 471 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 413 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 396 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 356 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 366 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 470 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 342 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4872082026-08-06 21:00 — 348 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 220 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 342 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 385 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 261 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 378 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 463 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 300 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 431 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 412 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 208 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 370 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 350 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 245 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 351 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 351 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 244 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 380 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 431 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 241 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 299 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 415 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 308 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 303 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 402 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 271 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 227 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 425 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 399 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 487 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$19.992018-05-022026-08-112018-05-02 — best price $19.992018-08-17 — best price $19.992018-09-20 — best price $19.992019-05-22 — best price $29.992026-08-11 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

767242026-08-26 19:15 — 229 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 744 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 115 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 84 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 45 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 83 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 274 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 187 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 138 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 102 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 154 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 60 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 52 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 74 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 123 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 160 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 140 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 90 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 145 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 148 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 140 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 230 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 174 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 196 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 150 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 91 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 215 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 86 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 167 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 106 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 123 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 159 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
81.3%
earned "Pure"
12.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPTracked Controller SupportVR OnlySteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing270 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)55,7673%26
PS4, PS VR (PlayStation)26,6195%27
PS5, PS VR2 (PlayStation)8,1485%27

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

VRIndieMusicActionRhythmSportsModdableDifficultSwordplayFast-Paced

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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